To Munich as league leaders: the Bundesliga had rarely seen anything quite so odd. On Matchday 4 of Paderborn’s debut top-flight season in 2014/15, the East Westphalians sat at the top with two wins and two draws, then challenged mighty Bayern in the top game at the Allianz Arena. On 23 September 2014 the league witnessed perhaps the strangest top-of-the-table clash of them all: Bayern, only fourth, against leaders Paderborn.
A squad worth 564 million euros met one valued at 22.5 million. Two goals from Mario Götze plus strikes by Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller ended the Paderborn episode at the top with a 4-0 win and Bayern never surrendered first place again.